Town hall
| Town Hall | |
| 240px The Town Hall during the Harvest Festival | |
| 240px The Town Hall during a fireworks show | |
| Service | Civic Centre and Post Office |
|---|---|
| Services | Recycle Bin Banking |
| Opening hours | All day |
| Appearances | Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk |
The Town Hall is a location in Wild World & City Folk where players can deliver letters, recycle items, and is where Tortimer will stand outside during events. Town Hall replaces the Wishing Well, Dump and Post Office in Animal Crossing for Gamecube. It takes place of the Wishing Well by being the center of town, where almost all of the festivities take place. The Town Hall also has the Bulletin Board outside, where players can post info. The Town Hall is also where the player will arrive at the very beginning of Animal Crossing: Wild World to start their new life. The recycling bin takes place of the dump from Animal Crossing, and there is a post office inside the town hall.
Civic Center and Post Office
The main area of the Town Hall has a counter that divides the building in to two parts. Anywhere behind the counter is inaccessible to the player, and contains bookcases, mail sacks and the Mayor's desk, where Tortimer can be found sleeping. Pelly and Phyllis also work behind the counter. There are two sections to the front desk- the Civic Centre, or Civic Center in Animal Crossing games in the U.S., and the Post Office. Each counter has very specific functions.
Civic Centre
- Environment- The player can hear the opinions of the townsfolk in regard to the environment of the town.
- Town Tune- The town tune can be edited from here.
- Town Fund (City Folk)- Money can be donated to aid the town.
- Donation (Wild World)- Money can be donated to the town of Boondox in exchange for feathers.
- Problem (City Folk & New Leaf)- Problems regarding villagers and accessing the Player's house are reported.
- Moving (Wild World)- Players can be transferred from one town to another.
Post Office
- Pay Mortgage (Wild World)- Player pay in bells towards their mortgage.
- Withdraw (Wild World)- A Player can withdraw money from their account.
- Deposit (Wild World)- A Player can deposit money into their account.
- Save Mail- Saves selected mail, which can be accessed at any time.
- Save Notes in bottles (Wild World)- Save selected notes in bottles that can be accessed at any time.
- Send Letter- Post a letter to a fellow villager.
The Recycling Bin
The recycling bin is one of the surprisingly useful things in the town, and has the same function as the Dump in Animal Crossing for the Gamecube. You can leave any unwanted items here to be taken away at 6am every Monday and Thursday. This can be useful for any items which cannot be sold to Tom Nook, however if the Town Hall is quite a bit further away, you may just choose to sell them for no extra Bells.
The most useful thing the recycling bin can be used for is collecting rare pieces of furniture, or other items. Sometimes, a rare item may appear, which is likely being disposed of by another villager. These items are usually ones that do not appear in the store often, and can be taken by the player to use at no charge whatsoever. Beware though, as if these items are left past 6am on the collection days, they will disappear forever.
It is also amusing to note that if you send another villager an item through mail, it may appear in the recycling bin later, or another item may disappear from their house to replace said item and appear in the recycling bin. This usually happens if the item is one a villager cannot have more than one of, like wallpaper or a stereo.
Automatic Bell Dispenser
The Automatic Bell Dispenser allows players to deposit or withdraw Bells, and to pay their mortgage. The bell dispenser was absent in Animal Crossing: Wild World and was replaced by Pelly, who also controls your banking account and mortgage payment.
The Bulletin Board
The Bulletin Board is a message board outside of the hall, where messages can appear every day. The player can also post their own messages, and is where Tom Nook sends the player to post how "cool" his store is as a job at the start of the game.
In City Folk, two changes are made to the Bulletin Board. A small yellow bird is perched on top of the board whenever there is a new notice, and a player can delete messages if they feel the need to do so. This bird can be seen on the cover of City Folk.
There are a number of different types of messages that feature on the Bulletin Board-
Events- Notices about events will usually appear one week prior to an event, and also on the day beforehand. If the event is a competition, results will be posted the day after the event finishes.
Message of the Week- In Wild World, small anecdotes or notes occasionally appear of the Board, usually with an humourous twist. These notes are suspected to have been written by either Pelly or Phyllis- there are often tales about the writer's sister, and their odd habits.
Weather Warnings- In all games, weather warnings are issued to inform the player of important changes in the weather. For a full list of weather warnings, please see Weather Warnings.
Birthdays- These notices tell players of a Villager's birthday a week before their special day, and also wishes the player many happy returns when it's their own birthday.
Emergency Notice- These are notes that Tom Nook puts up to advertise an imminent Point Special or Spotlight Item. Point Specials are advertised a week before the event, whilst a Spotlight Item is only made known of the day of its sale.
Workers
- Tortimer- The Mayor of the town
- Pelly- Works at the civic centre and post office at daytime
- Phyllis- Works at the civic centre and post office at night
- Pete- Delivers the post
Music
The music in the town hall will change depending on who is serving you. Pelly's theme is a cheery, bouncy song with a fast whistling melody. Phyllis' contains a very droll, onbeat chord sequence with a very pitchy guitar melody. Both songs give a good idea of each clerk's personality. Smashville in the hit game Super Smash Bros Brawl has Town Hall's music (along with Tom Nook's Theme) play in the background.
Trivia
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk if a player is imported from Animal Crossing: Wild World, Tortimer will remember meeting them outside the town hall rather than in it, as occurs in Wild World. Pelly or Phyllis will mention the player is in fact a new resident, and Tortimer will dismiss it as déjà vu instead.
- A Cranky villager will talk about donating bells and hearing Tortimer say that he is going out tonight.
